NY: Pantheon Books, 1981. Rauschenberg, Robert. First American edition. 4to., [xvi], 122 leaves of b&w photographs, [4] pp. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Boldly SIGNED by the artist on the half-title page. The text is an interview with Robert Rauschenberg by Alain Sayag, on January 9, 1981...
Geneva: Ecart-Publications, 1976. First edition. Oblong 8vo., [36] unnumber pages, illustrations from b&w photographs, with 5 tipped-in printed illustrations on vellum drafting paper [as issued]. Illustrated stiff wrappers, perfect bound with lined tape. The rear wrapper is lightly toned. Near fine. Gunther Ruch was born in Benburg, Swtizerland, in 1942...
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. Ruscha, Ed. First edition. 8vo., unnumbered pages, b&w photos. Printed dust jacket over plain stiff wrappers. The printed dust jacket has 2 tiny tears at the crown, and light toning, else near fine. Based on the story by Mason Williams, "How to Derive the Maximum...
Los Angeles: Self-published, 1966. Ruscha, Edward. First edition. 8vo., folding panorama, with the extra fold found only in the first state. Stiff white wrappers. Housed in silver-paper covered slipcase. The spine is toned and has a vertical crease; the slipcase has a tiny crack at the opening, and the silver...
[Princeton: Naomi Savage, 2002]. Savage, Naomi. First edition. 4to., (19) loose sheets with b&w images, with color printed front and rear covers and colophon sheet; all 8 1/2 x 11 inches. The illustrated covers and internal sheets are all printed by Xerography on glossy stock; the colophon is handwritten. These...
Zurich / Berlin / New York: Scalo, 1996. Schmidt, Michael. First edition. 4to., 314 pp., profusely illustrated from b&w photographs. Bound in grey cloth, titled in yellow ink. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. Utilizing historical news photographs and other images, augmented with the photographer's contemporary portraits and urban landscapes...
[New Paltz, New York]: Documentext, 1979. First edition. Oblong 4to., 281, [7] pp., largely illustrated from b&w photographs, drawings and collages. Previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free endpaper. A very good copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a tiny snag on the rear panel near...
NY: Lustrum Press, 1971. Seymour, Daniel. First edition. Square small 4to., unpaginated, numerous b&w photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. The wrappers show very light toning. Aside from the neat signature of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop, this is a fine copy. An impassioned personal account.....
Las Vegas, NM: Self Published, 1980. Sharlin, Jonathan. First edition. Oblong 4to., 23 leaves, ( 1 folding)., illustrated from b&w photographs, drawing and musical notations. Stiff wrappers with cloth tape spine. Very good. Limited to 99 SIGNED copies. An exploration of ant colonies and their effect of the desert and...
[New York]: Seth Siegelaub, 1969. First edition. 4to., 26 pp., fully illustrated with drawings and photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. The title and introduction by Seth Siegelaub and the artist's statements are in English, French and German; illustrated by examples of conceptual works by each of the listed artists.
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1989. Hill and Adamson. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 77 pp., 31 photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. Photos by Brewster, Hill and Adamson, Talbot, et al. Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at The University of Michigan Museum of Art.
Chicago: A Chicago Book Publication, 1977. Snitzer, Jim. First edition. 24mo., (20) leaves (10 folded), b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. SIGNED in pencil by the artist on the flap of the rear wrapper. Jim Snitzer received his BA from The University of California, 1973 and his MFA from...
(Chicago: A Chicago Book Publication, 1980. Snitzer, Jim. First edition. 8vo., 19 leaves French folded, with 16 color plates from photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers with modest creases at the edge of the front wrapper, else very good. SIGNED in pencil by the artist on the recto of the rear wrapper.
Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario in Collaboration with the Isaacs Gallery, 1970. Deluxe Edition. Small 4to., (128) pp. Fully illustrated from b&w photographs. Laid-in are a folded print (22 x 23 inches), three Walking Woman stickers, a Fresnel magnifying sheet, a magnifying glass in a glassine envelope, and a bookmark...
NY: Kevin Begos Publishing, 1993. Sommer, Frederick. First edition. Oblong folio, comprised of a title-page, five dust grain photogravures, made from the original negatives. Image size from 9 x 10 inches to 9 1/2 x 11 inches, mounted on archival boards (15 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches), colophon, quotation from...
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1981. First edition. 16mo., (28) pp., b&w illustrations from photographs, printed card laid-in. Bound dos-à-dos. Color printed stiff wrappers. Rubbed along one edge of the rear wrapper, else a fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece based upon a narrative. OCLC locates.....
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1981. First edition. 12mo., 10 leaves printed recto only, 1 color plate from a photograph. Printed stiff wrappers. A fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece based upon a narrative. OCLC locates 6 copies.
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1982. First edition. 16mo., (23) pp.,1 b&w plate from photograph printed on acetate, 2 sheet of card stock clipped to a leaf, two 35 mm slides of text clipped to a leaf, and a pocket pasted to the terminal leaf containing 9 sheets of printed card...
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1982. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (22) pp., b&w plate from photographs; also contains a 35mm slide, a plastic bag containing dried wine, a fragment of audio tape in a plastic bag, etc. Printed stiff wrappers. A fine copy. SIGNED by the artist. An illustrated conceptual piece...
Chicago: A Chicago Book, 1982. First edition. 16mo., (23) pp.,1 b&w plate from photograph, 3 sheets of card stock clipped to a leaf, one 35 mm slide of text clipped to a leaf, and a plastic bag containing a fragment of glass clipped to a leaf. Shallow creasing caused by...
Oberlin, Ohio: The Artist, 1972. Tacha, Athena. First edition. A single sheet, 5.5 x 14.25 inches, folded to make 5 panels. Text printed verso only. Very good in clear acetate sleeve as issued. Printed on pink glossy paper, not blue; which pretty much tells the story.
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1970. First edition. Small 4to., 9 full-page plates from b&w photos. Printed orange and black stiff wrappers. Slight creasing to the tips of the wrapper, with one small stain. Very good. An oversize facsimile of a Kodak snapshot album, including the prints having serrated edges. The...
Todd Walker, 1976. Walker, Todd. First edition. 16mo., (25) French-fold pp., text illustrations, 10 tinted plates from photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Trifle soiled on wraps, else fine. Comical juxtaposition of the photographer's color solarized nudes against quotations from a noted 1881 photographic manual.
Tucson: Press of Todd Walker, 1976. Walker, Todd. First edition. 16mo., (iii), 22 full-page offset color plates after photos, with text opposite. Patterned stiff wrappers. The copy of Alan Winer, photographer and former administrator of the Visual Studies Workshop. Fine. Female nudes accompanied by text from Robert Burton's 1652 ANATOMY...
Highland Heights, KY: Northern Kentucky University, 1978. Walker, Todd. First edition. Portfolio of 10 loose color offset photolithographic plates, title page and 2 pp. text. Laid in a four-point stiff printed paper folio. A fine copy. Produced while Todd Walker was the artist-in-residence and in conjunction with an exhibition. at...
